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AEW Dynamite May 18th MOTYC Adam Page vs Konosuke Takeshita - It's Soup Boy, he doesn't have bad matches. Not at the tier of his main event matches over the last year but still very good AEW Rampage April 8th MOTYC Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta - Very good, my favourite "beat a youngster into your stable" match since Kazusada Higuchi vs Hideki Okatani. Moxley gave him a ton
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SG Bamboo posted:NJPW Best of the Super Jr Night 5 May 21st Yeah agreed
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HM: Robbie Eagles vs. DOUKI, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 6, 22/05 Woulda been MOTYC if DOUKI won
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Rarity posted:HM: Robbie Eagles vs. DOUKI, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 6, 22/05 2nd
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SG Bamboo posted:It's funny looking at this thread how quickly NOAH pissed away the goodwill it had built up over the last couple of years. 3 MOTYC on the January 1st show, a half one on the 8th vs New Japan, then loving nothing for the rest of the time as bad decision after bad decision turned away the audience here In fairness I don't think the top of the card has really dropped in quality. Go is still having bangers. TBH, look at how many MOTYCs AJPW has. None. Goons are weird in what they choose to watch.
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forkboy84 posted:In fairness I don't think the top of the card has really dropped in quality. Go is still having bangers. That was my point. There's still a ton of talent, but people aren't watching anymore because of certain decisions. Agreed about All Japan, Kento vs Yuma from May 15th is currently my MOTY
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What did NOAH do that burnt fan goodwill? All I remember is their English commentator having a whinge about Eddie Kingston’s shirt
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It would be interesting to do regular surveys of what promotions everyone is watching so you can see how interest in different companies changes over time
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Seams posted:What did NOAH do that burnt fan goodwill? All I remember is their English commentator having a whinge about Eddie Kingston’s shirt First the booking started getting really bad and then they brought in Mike Elgin.
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Seams posted:What did NOAH do that burnt fan goodwill? All I remember is their English commentator having a whinge about Eddie Kingston’s shirt Old guys winning everything, up and coming talent jobbed out unceremoniously, clique of older wrestlers at the top refusing to job or make people look good, putting a title on noted piece of poo poo Michael Elgin.
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Stardom 2.23.2022 Cinderella Journey in Nagaoka. High Speed title match MOTYC: AZM vs Starlight Kid. These 2 are so outrageously good together. This is probably in my top 3 matches of the year so far.
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Seams posted:What did NOAH do that burnt fan goodwill? All I remember is their English commentator having a whinge about Eddie Kingston’s shirt At Wrestle Kingdom this year, both of their top singles belts were held by members of Kongoh that were popular (at least with western fans) and had a cracking interpromotional match with LIJ. WIthin a month, both guys had lost their belts to guys 20 years older whilst looking incredibly ineffectual (Kenoh lost his belt in just 4 minutes). Add to that the stories of the veterans being unwilling to put over the younger talent, Hideki Suzuki coming back from WWE and winning the tag belts in his first night back, reports of younger wrestlers being dissatisfied with their ceiling when guys like Fujita, Funaki and Mutoh chump them out. Plus employing guys like Mike Elgin and Hajime Ohara who are problematic in various ways and completely blanking fans on twitter calling them out about it e: Oh and they put the Junior Belt back on HAYATA who is a black hole of enjoyment SG Bamboo fucked around with this message at 09:36 on May 22, 2022 |
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When Suzuki pinned Nakajima he held him down in the pin for like 12 seconds too, just as an added gently caress you to the guy who had been champion only a couple of months earlier at a time when NOAH seemed to be building steam as a promotion.
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HM: El Phantasmo vs. Titan, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 6, 22/05 Titan's been a lot of fun this tour
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NJPW Best of the Super Jr Night 6 May 22nd HM Robbie Eagles vs DOUKI - Beautiful stuff TJP vs El Lindaman - TJP is as good a wrestler as he is a bellend Titán vs El Phantasmo - Two guys with great comic timing who are also incredibly gifted athletes El Desperado vs Wheeler Yuta - Despy makes up for his stablemate having a rough match with Yuta the other day by having a banger
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Rarity posted:HM: El Phantasmo vs. Titan, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 6, 22/05 Yeah. Probably MOTN but DOUKI is my boy so I'm saying he and Robbie had it.
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MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Wheeler Yuta, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 6, 22/05 Yuta gets his big moment in Japan and puts on a hell of a show with New Japan's other junior Ace
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SG Bamboo posted:NJPW Best of the Super Jr Night 6 May 22nd Nth all these, but MOTYC El Desperado vs. Wheeler Yuta
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Rarity posted:HM: El Phantasmo vs. Titan, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 6, 22/05 SG Bamboo posted:El Desperado vs Wheeler Yuta 2nd to both. Really enjoyed both matches but wanted different winners  .
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SG Bamboo posted:NJPW Best of the Super Jr Night 6 May 22nd Nth
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HM: House of Black vs Dark Order (Evil Uno & 10) & Fuego del Sol HM: Kris Statlander vs Red Velvet HM: Blackpool Combat Club vs Dante Martin & Matt Sydal All from AEW Rampage 20.05
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SG Bamboo posted:NJPW Best of the Super Jr Night 5 May 21st Nth these.
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MOTYC 14th May AJPW Super Power Series Night 1 NEXTREAM (Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Aoyagi) vs NEXTREAM (Kento Miyahara & Rising HAYATO) Kento is one of the very best in the world and Yuma is getting there. And then have such great chemistry together, be it wrestling each other or tagging together. Atsuki & HAYATO are very exciting prospects in their own right. This match is about as good as a preview tag for a title match the following night is going to get HM 14th May AJPW Super Power Series Night 1 All Japan Tag Team Titles Runaway SUPLEX (Shotaro Ashino & Suwama) vs Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) Imma be honest, really didn't expect to nominate any Kohei Sato matches this year but credit where it's due (in this case, Suwama & Shuji but hey, Sato was here)
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SG Bamboo posted:DDT Road to Cyberfight Festival May 22nd nth, but I'm gonna bump the Hardcore Girls vs Prominence match up to MOTYC too. Can't get enough of this lego goblin.
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SG Bamboo posted:NJPW Best of the Super Jr Night 6 May 22nd Yeah agreed
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Dragon Gate King of Gate Night 5, 5/22 MOTYC: Kota Minoura vs. Kzy One of the best matches of last year, still good, even when ran back at House Show Effort.
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SG Bamboo posted:NJPW Best of the Super Jr Night 2 May 17th 2nd these both
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HM: 11-Team Battle Royale - Hana Kimura Memorial "Bagus!" - 5/23 Complete chaos at first, even the guy who explained the rules had to stop and ask if they made any sense afterwards. But then Ryo Mizunami shows up and suddenly the match kicked into a new gear, and was just a legit cool match with some great spots, funny comedy and cool moments leading into a really neat finish. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 13:03 on May 23, 2022 |
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Jerusalem posted:HM: 11-Team Battle Royale - Hama Kimura Memorial "Bagus!" - 5/23 Joyful. Just joyful
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Jerusalem posted:HM: 11-Team Battle Royale - Hama Kimura Memorial "Bagus!" - 5/23 Nth. Japan is very good at turning comedy into legit matches.
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HM: Kyuusei (Sakura Hirota) vs. Saori Anou, Kaori Yoneyama, Aja Kong & Rina in the Semifinal Handicap Match - Hana Kimura Memorial "Bagus!" 5/23 This was all technically classified as one match, though in reality it was several. But it was an absolute blast, with some wonderful moments including Yu Ishino doing the Oedo Tai dance, Aja Kong wrestling TWO falls, and the unexpected 4th opponent in a wonderful surprise. Lots of comedy, everybody seemed to be truly enjoying themselves, and the crowd was in on the joke and having a great time with it. MOTYC: Syuri vs. ASUKA - Hana Kimura Memorial "Bagus!" 5/23 I'm not familiar with Syuri but she's obviously hyper-talented, and ASUKA of course is just fantastic, and they had a hell of a main event. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 13:02 on May 23, 2022 |
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HM: House of Black vs Dark Order (Evil Uno & 10) & Fuego del Sol HM: Kris Statlander vs Red Velvet HM: Blackpool Combat Club vs Dante Martin & Matt Sydal All from the 5/20/22 AEW Rampage. Kris vs Red was really really good. Red's always been good but maybe a bit unpolished, but her heel turn seems to have done wonders for her. If this was a quick change based off of Leyla getting injured, it's one of the best on-the-fly booking decisions AEW has ever done. Statlander continues to be a beast and my #1 pick to be the next TBS or Women's Champion.
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Jerusalem posted:MOTYC: Syuri vs. ASUKA - Hana Kimura Memorial "Bagus!" 5/23 HM for me. I had possibly unfair expectations coming in, you're talking 2 of the best women in wrestling in 2022 facing off in a singles match for the first time to my knowledge. And what we got was a really good match. Which is fine but I was anticipating ****¾ or higher.
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MOTYC 29th April Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 4 Stardom High Speed Title AZM vs Mei Suruga This lived up to the name High Speed as it's worked at a crazy pace. Mei & AZM are made for each other. Some great wrestling on display with innovative spots, some nice comedy, and a lot of exciting action. Highly recommended. MOTYC 29th April Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 4 World Of Stardom Title Syuri vs Himeka Best Himeka match I've seen, she raised herself to Syuri's level, or at least close to it.
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HM: Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Skye Blue - AEW Dark Elevation 5/23 What the gently caress this was WAAAAAY better than it had any right to be. Don't sleep on this, it's a wonderful match with an incredible finish. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 00:43 on May 24, 2022 |
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Jerusalem posted:HM: Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Sky Blue - AEW Dark Elevation 5/23 Nth. The 3 vets obviously worked as well as you would expect but there was some really nice stuff from Skye Blue here.
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Senerio posted:MOTYC Adam Brooks vs Konosuke Takeshita: DPW Fire Aired 5/20 Nth dpw kills it again
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Jerusalem posted:HM: Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Skye Blue - AEW Dark Elevation 5/23 Holy hell I'm glad this was linked in the AEW thread. I popped huge for the finish. (Nth.)
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Jerusalem posted:HM: Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Skye Blue - AEW Dark Elevation 5/23 Nth, really good. Between this and last week's Woods/Yuta match on Dark the c-shows have been overdelivering lately.
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